diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.spec.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.spec.ts
index dc3168733add..da0f9017f2a3 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { AbortController } from "@aws-sdk/abort-controller";
 import { HttpRequest } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
 import { rejects } from "assert";
 import http2, { constants, Http2Stream } from "http2";
+import { Duplex } from "stream";
 
 import { NodeHttp2Handler } from "./node-http2-handler";
 import { createMockHttp2Server, createResponseFunction, createResponseFunctionWithDelay } from "./server.mock";
@@ -375,6 +376,53 @@ describe(NodeHttp2Handler.name, () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("will throw reasonable error when connection aborted abnormally", async () => {
+    nodeH2Handler = new NodeHttp2Handler();
+    // Create a session by sending a request.
+    await nodeH2Handler.handle(new HttpRequest(getMockReqOptions()), {});
+    const authority = `${protocol}//${hostname}:${port}`;
+    // @ts-ignore: access private property
+    const session: ClientHttp2Session = nodeH2Handler.sessionCache.get(authority)[0];
+    const fakeStream = new Duplex();
+    const fakeRstCode = 1;
+    // @ts-ignore: fake result code
+    fakeStream.rstCode = fakeRstCode;
+    jest.spyOn(session, "request").mockImplementation(() => fakeStream);
+    // @ts-ignore: access private property
+    nodeH2Handler.sessionCache.set(`${protocol}//${hostname}:${port}`, [session]);
+    // Delay response so that onabort is called earlier
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      fakeStream.emit("aborted");
+    }, 0);
+
+    await expect(nodeH2Handler.handle(new HttpRequest({ ...getMockReqOptions() }), {})).rejects.toHaveProperty(
+      "message",
+      `HTTP/2 stream is abnormally aborted in mid-communication with result code ${fakeRstCode}.`
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("will throw reasonable error when frameError is thrown", async () => {
+    nodeH2Handler = new NodeHttp2Handler();
+    // Create a session by sending a request.
+    await nodeH2Handler.handle(new HttpRequest(getMockReqOptions()), {});
+    const authority = `${protocol}//${hostname}:${port}`;
+    // @ts-ignore: access private property
+    const session: ClientHttp2Session = nodeH2Handler.sessionCache.get(authority)[0];
+    const fakeStream = new Duplex();
+    jest.spyOn(session, "request").mockImplementation(() => fakeStream);
+    // @ts-ignore: access private property
+    nodeH2Handler.sessionCache.set(`${protocol}//${hostname}:${port}`, [session]);
+    // Delay response so that onabort is called earlier
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      fakeStream.emit("frameError", "TYPE", "CODE", "ID");
+    }, 0);
+
+    await expect(nodeH2Handler.handle(new HttpRequest({ ...getMockReqOptions() }), {})).rejects.toHaveProperty(
+      "message",
+      `Frame type id TYPE in stream id ID has failed with code CODE.`
+    );
+  });
+
   describe("disableConcurrentStreams", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       nodeH2Handler = new NodeHttp2Handler({
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.ts
index 4d15cdec524f..6d2afce12b70 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http2-handler.ts
@@ -125,10 +125,13 @@ export class NodeHttp2Handler implements HttpHandler {
       }
 
       // Set up handlers for errors
-      req.on("frameError", reject);
+      req.on("frameError", (type: number, code: number, id: number) => {
+        reject(new Error(`Frame type id ${type} in stream id ${id} has failed with code ${code}.`));
+      });
       req.on("error", reject);
-      req.on("goaway", reject);
-      req.on("aborted", reject);
+      req.on("aborted", () => {
+        reject(new Error(`HTTP/2 stream is abnormally aborted in mid-communication with result code ${req.rstCode}.`));
+      });
 
       // The HTTP/2 error code used when closing the stream can be retrieved using the
       // http2stream.rstCode property. If the code is any value other than NGHTTP2_NO_ERROR (0),